Sound

"And they heard the sound of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day," Genesis 3:8.

That day was the last time anybody heard that sound. The fellowship, the communion, the mutual trust implied by that stroll through the garden ended that day. It was over. Why? because the man and the woman preferred their ambition. Preferred to hide from the Lord's presence. Preferred to hide behind the garden's trees. And since that day humans have been hiding out. Looking over their shoulders, afraid of things that go bump in the night. Of each other. Of each other's culture. Of each other's language. Yes, that day ended trust. Well, until Jesus came. Jesus walked with God through that garden into our sullied world. He, Jesus, trusted to him, God, to the end. And offered to us communion. In the cool of the day through the garden with. Sky kingdom.

With a brother or sister today, we hide no longer, we hear the trustworthy sound of our God's fellowship. Through Jesus' cross we hear the sound of home. And, together, seeing God's glory transparently through Jesus, we give thanks.